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Not sure who to ask? Email us at forestry@teagasc.ie 
Please include your name and county so that your question can be forwarded to the relevant person.

Forestry Development Department

• Tom Houlihan, Acting Head of Department
• Vacant, Forestry Specialist
• Tracey McDermott, Forestry Administrator

See below:

• Advice & Training Staff
• Research Staff
• Education Staff

Advice & Training

• Liam Kelly, Forestry Advisor (Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath)
• Noel Kennedy, Forestry Advisor (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon)
• Frances McHugh, Forestry Advisor (Carlow, Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow)
• Kevin O’Connell, Forestry Advisor (Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan)
• Pádraic O'Leary, Forestry Advisor (Cork, south Kerry)
• Michael Somers, Forestry Advisor (Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford)
• Jonathan Spazzi, Forestry Advisor (Clare, Limerick, north Kerry)
• John Casey, Forestry Advisor (Horizon Europe Agroforestry Project AF4EU)
• Christian FitzGerald, Forestry Advisor (Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal) 

Education 

• Paul Butler, Forestry Liaison Officer

Research

Researchers

• Dr Tomás Byrne, Tree Improvement Technologist
• Dr Niall Farrelly, Forestry Researcher (conifer management) 
• Laura Guillardin, Forestry Researcher
• Dr Grace Jones, Forestry Researcher (continuous cover forestry)
• Dr Dheeraj Rathore, Forestry Researcher (tree improvement)
• Dr Ian Short, Forestry Researcher (broadleaf management) 
• Dr Junliang Zou, Forest Carbon Researcher 

Forestry Technicians

• Derek Gibson, Forestry Technician
• Rory Newell, Forestry Technician
• Donna Gregan, Laboratory Assistant

PhD Students

• Emma Fuller 
• Romane Guernalec 
• Jie Huang 
• Rachel Irwin 
• Karuna Shrestha 

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